arXiv:quant-ph/0403231 · Physical Review A
Effect of intersubsystem coupling on the geometric phase in a bipartite system
X. X. Yi, Erik Sjöqvist
Abstract
The influence of intersubsystem coupling on the cyclic adiabatic geometric phase in bipartite systems is investigated. We examine the geometric phase effects for two uniaxially coupled spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ particles, both driven by a slowly rotating magnetic field. It is demonstrated that the relation between the geometric phase and the solid angle enclosed by the magnetic field is broken by the spin-spin coupling, in particular leading to a quenching effect on the geometric phase in the strong coupling limit.